on to the george washington brigs ever bridge. the bridge scandal forthechrischristieadministrationis about using a public resource. about using the world's busiest bridge as a weapon to apparently inflict some sort of petty political vendetta which still has not been splanld. at least at this point we haven't seen the profit motive. it is the investigation into that scandal, the thousands of pages of documents that have been handed over and the intense investigative scrutiny from federal prosecutor and especially from the media that has uncovered a newly sordid picture of you how it works. it is not just in camden, not just the bald old days. it is in the richest agencies of the state. and yes, it is different than having numbs write about your blatant issues. the problem of polluted governance in new jersey is the same. we got newly unredacted documents today from the new jersey legislature. these same documents that we had earlier. we just have fewer things blacked out with a sharpie marker. one of the lines that used to be blacked out but is not anymore is this one. it is in the middle

a connection between the george washington bridge lane closures and members ofgovernorschrischristie's ownoffice, governor christie announced publicly he had cut ties with two of his very senior staffers. his deputy chief of staff bridget anne kelly who sent an e-mail that said "time for traffic problems in ft. lee," he fired her and his campaign manager. >> i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude of callous indifference that was displayed in the e-mails by my former campaign manager bill stepien. and reading that, it made me lose my confidence in bill's judgment. and you cannot have someone at the top of your political operation who you do not have confidence in. >> governor chris christie announcing he had fired the man who he twice put in charge of electing him governor of new jersey, who he just put forward to run the republican party of the state of new jersey and widely expected if not to run entirely at least take part in managing the governor's own run for president of the united states in 2016. governor christie fired bill stepien the first day that the governor apo

you. >> thank you. >>>governorchrischristiejustspoke publicly moments ago about the george washington bridge lane closure scandal. he answered questions about it that he has never answered before, and you will want to hear what he said, and we have the tapes next. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up. because tomorow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. when csx trains move forward, so does the rest of the economy. csx. how tomorrow moves. to manage your money.r guy around 2 percent that's not much, you think except it's 2 percent every year. go to e*trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert. it's low. it's guidance on your terms not ours. e*trade. less for us, more for you. >>> when it rains it pours. we have developing news to bring you out of the great state of new jersey. chris christie has just wrapped up a live radio independent view in which he som

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's voices on those 911 calls proving, again, that that is not true. and he was not theonlychrischristieallyadvancing that untrue story about how nothing that happened on the bridge that week affected public safety. the head of the police union and close ally of governor chris christie, he defended the lane closures, quote, was there any ambulance delay? no police service delay? no. yes, actually. there were delays as a result of that fake traffic study, which was some politically motivated vendetta against that town that still hasn't been explained. paul nunziato has apparently reduced his role in that job. for his part, bill barone has reportedly resigned. so we learned something about this basically still unexplained story. we learned when chris christie's chief of staff briget kelly ordered up those traffic problems, she really got what she wanted. they ordered that up and in many ca cases it had serious consequences to the people in that town. it was serious to the people involved in those accidents, those four people who waited double the amount of time they should have waited. b

the trial should take place in a military court. >>> a big deadline today for two formertopchrischristiestaffersinvolved in the bridgegate investigation. bridget kelly and bill stepien, both fired now, have refused to comply with subpoenas. today their lawyers have to explain why they are not turning over documents. the governor, chris christie, cut ties with kelly after her infamous e-mail "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee," after that went public, and he says he became aware of it for the first time. >>> all right, eight cities are vying to host the 2016 republican national convention. today in washington, six of them will make their pitch to the rnc selection committee. cleveland, cincinnati, columbus, denver, kansas city and phoenix. dallas and las vegas will present later this month. final decision expected later this year. >> the possibility of it happening in vegas is causing a lot of waves right now in political circles. >>> all right, this story caught my attention, because my kids used this for years. sound machines designed to help infants sleep, they could be damag

to see cruz run for president. that puts him dead last in a list thatincludeschrischristie, marcorubio, rand paul and jeb bush. >> that poll doesn't capture the intensity of people. he is going for the guys who will outlast everybody in iowa caucuses. he is looking for the absolute true believeers in the party. i can't imagine -- he can't imagine he is going to win the republican nomination much less the presidency. he can become a hero. >> they all think they can win. listen, jeb bush doesn't run, chris christie doesn't run that leaves rand paul, marco rubio. he has the energy. and the crusade rolls on. >> they are meeting in las vegas. and then ted cruz giving speeches like this and rand paul is the moderate compared to him. i wonder why they are self-destructing here. that is what i think is going to happen. i think rand paul against hillary clinton and she is going to clean his clock. thank you. >>> coming up democrats have a is simple plan for 2014 win women and win elections. today democrats took a big step on economic fairness important to women. they move to force a vot

fannie packs. >>> new jerseygovernorchrischristiesaysthe investigation into bridgegate is a distraction that will not prevent him from doing his job. on his ask the governor radio show, christie said he won't give in to the hysteria surrounding specific questions into that political scandal that just won't go away. christie says people want to work with him. >> i was at a town hall meeting today in longville township. 525 people there and not one question on any of this stuff. people want me to do my job. i'm going to do my job. if the legislature wants to be partisan and political and block the agenda that the voters voted for in november for their governor, the only person all the voters voted for, then they'll have to put up with the political consequences that come along with that. >> christie continues to defend his handling of bridgegate as the investigation moves forward into the lane closures last year on the george washington bridge. >>> will she or won't she? hillary clinton hasn't said if she plans to run for president in 2016 but her fiery speeches and her s

. thanks so much for joiningme.chrischristiegoingback to his political roots today holding his second town hall of the year in morris county, new jersey. that's where christie began his political career some 20 years ago. our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash, has more from washington. good morning, dana. >> good morning, carol. it is 111th town hall. who is counting, right? he is known for in new jersey for doing this kind of back and forth. it is something that he and his aides believe has helped with his popularity there. he is going to need all the help he can get because, never mind nationwide, even in new jersey, he has seen his popularity plummet because of all the scandals that are surrounding him. the name of the game for him at this point is really to just keep his eyes on his current job, his day job, to be the governor of new jersey, to have these kind of town halls. the last one that he had was about sandy relief. this is going to be more focused on the big speech that he gave yesterday, which is his budget. if you look at the kind of budget that he proposed, o

, followed by rand paul, marco rubio,andchrischristie. onthe democratic side, far more want hillary clinton to run than vice president joe biden. secretary of state kerry said late today that it would be "a grave mistake" for russia to send troops into neighboring ukraine. last weekend the ukrainian president was topple bide violent protests. today, russia unexpectedly mobilized troops near the border in what it calls a training exercise. clarissa ward is in the ukrainian capital kiev. >> reporter: tonight, ukraine's opposition leaders chose independence square, the center of the revolution, to introduce the country's new government. to booing from somef crowd. parliament must ratify the new ministers tomorrow, but for some there were too many familiar faces on stage. katerina say 27-year-old teacher. >> people are angry. especially these days, people are very angry. >> reporter: ukraine's ousted president, viktor yanukovych, fled the capital five days ago, following a week of violence in which 80 protesters were killed. now, the country is trying to move forward, but it won't be ea

jersey. this as lawmakers release more documents of their investigation ofgovernorchrischristie. includingone that says are we being fired. >> hours from now thousands of top secret documents locked away in the clinton presidential library will be released. do they have to do with white water? do they uncover more of the lewinsky affair? with scrutiny on the secret files melting they say they will begin up loading all 33,000 pages of withheld document oos to the web site. a process that will take two weeks to complete. even clinton allies agree a disclosure of the documents. >> this morning is senior advisor to the president valeri jarrett. she was talking to bill o'reilly last night. she is cutting the president's cuts to the military and military budget to preworld war ii levels. >> the strongest military in the world. >> ush not mayou are not making stronger. >> why cuts it? >> i would that i not that long ago you were telling us how we needed to get our fiscal house in order and tighten our belts. that requires a lot of sacrifices. we are not sacrificing the safety and secu

of state. the judge said any laws that argue otherwise will violate the 14th amendment. >>>governorchrischristiehas just about had it with questions related to the lane closures on the george washington bridge. when asked recently about the activities of his staff, first he responded "what do you do, grab them by the ankles and shake them upside down until emails fall out of their pockets?" on a related note the audio of the 911 calls from the september bridge gridlock is set to be released this morning. >>> how many politicians who pledge to donate their salary to charity during the government shutdown actually kept their word? at least 116 of the 244 lawmakers who pledged have donated almost $500,000 to charity and government accounts, so i kind of guess 47% isn't too bad for a bunch of politicians. hmm? >>> president obama and vice president biden took part in the first lady's let's move campaign by taking a lap around the white house. >> mr. president, ready to move? >> absolutely. let's do this thing. let's move. ♪ >> after a good workout, got to pick up. otherwise we're going t

scandal that won't go away for new jerseygovernorchrischristie. thosetapes which were recorded during that massive traffic tie up on the george washington bridge were released by emergency officials in ft. lee, new jersey. cnn is going through the recordings right now. investigative correspondent joins us from washington. he's one of the guys going through those records. tell us more. >> reporter: good morning. we have more than 20 hours of 911 tapes during that week where the bridge lanes were closed. remember ft. lee was hardest hit by those lane closures, two of the three lanes from ft. lee on to that bridge was closed. and that really made ems officials very concerned. at the time the ems coordinator there wrote a letter and said trips that should have taken a few minutes took more than three times that long. so these tapes are a real-time window into the havoc that this traffic jam was causing. if you remember there was a story of a 91-year-old woman who had a heart attack. the paramedics were caught in some of that gridlock. her daughter later said she didn't think the gridlock

times hatchet job on new jerseygovernorchrischristie, whyare they doing that? the a-team take up the reasons. that's next. lou: "the new york times" >>> the new york times out with what should i call it, a hatchet job article suggesting that new jersey governor christie is damaged political goods because of the bridgegate scandal, their evidence -- a christie town hall yesterday. the times that he was allegedly badgered and heck elled and just assaulted by constituents. make up your own mind. does he look like he's under durress here? >> if you go home tonight, would you destroy all of your produce springsteen cds. he's not a friend of yours, governor. >> well, the -- the cds can be destroyed. i have it on my iphone now. >> the poor governor, so loyal to springsteen that he couldn't bring himself and such a politician, he didn't want to get in the way of that. christie's approval, an impressive 59% in new jersey. let me repeat that, 59% in new jersey. 65% before bridgegate. christie, by the way, doing pretty well in the money-raising department as well. he took in a record $18 mi

. >> what we had was the e-mails, this one guy, new jersey businessman, political bundler, closetochrischristie,has -- wants to meet with somebody at the white house about a legal problem he's having with the federal agency. on january 28th, jon carson, executive director of ofa sets up a meeting at caribou coffee. the very next day, according to the e-mails, kasmir writes an e-mail to samantha, i have a 100 k solid for dinner with the president last week. >> very quickly, this is when the system -- the fund-raisers get paid by commission. >> yeah. >> and everybody wonders how do corners get cut. the way the incentives work make it so that in many cases the fund-raisers -- an executive director can say these are our rules. fund-raiser who is getting paid based on how much money they raise will incentivize to cut corners. >> that's true. in the entire world -- >> this is why this is such a -- all of this is basically a corruptible -- it's so easy to see how you get corrupted even if your intention isn't to do it. >> i think there will be a lot more looking at how this world operates in

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in the incident are now on administrative lead while the investigation is ongoing. >> new jerseygovernorchrischristieis facing voter's questions he'll face the questions from the ask the governor radio show. they're said to hold another town hall. one of the hot topics could be the whole bridge kwaet controversy. he did hold a town meeting last week in new jersey where that honestly never came up at all. >>> officials are investigating a massive cold ash spill. at least 30,000 tons of toxic coal ash released into the river when a pipe broke. protesters were demanding that company remove the ash stored at its plants. >>> an explosion forcing dozens of people to evacuate their homes in louisiana. look at this, hazmat crews were on the scene this morning. officials say the crew was drilling a gas well when there was a sudden explosion. so far, no reports of injuries and no word of evacuation. >>> a big victory in the battle against childhood obesity, according to federal data, obesity in children between the ages of 2 and 5 has decreased over 40% in the last decade. much of that reduction comi

the top of my head i can think ofgovernorchrischristiewhoin his first term was rushed to the hospital experiencing a similar thing. harry reid, the senate majority leader at the hospital at one point experiencing the same sort of thing. we certainly hope attorney general eric holder recovers and gets back on his feet and back on the job as soon as possible. evan perez, thank you so much for being with us. we really appreciate it. much more on this as it develops throughout the day. thanks for joining us at this hour. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right after the break. r dream it, purina pro plan can help him achieve it. ♪ driving rock/metal music stops ♪music resumes music stops ♪music resumes [announcer] purina pro plan's bioavailable formulas deliver optimal nutrient absorption. [whistle] purina pro plan. nutrition that performs. this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensur

the dangerous traffic jam ordered by people workingforchrischristie, we'rehearing for the first time the police and emergency calls from the chaos of those gridlocked streets. these calls were released by the city of ft. lee. and in them, we hear people who need paramedics and police complaining about

but not injured. >> a big deadline today for two former staffers ofgovernorchrischristie. brigetkelly and bill steppen, both fired, have refused to comply with subpoenas in the bridgegate investigation. today their lawyers will defend their refusal and explain why they don't have to turn over documents. kelly cut ties with chris christie after her infamous e-mail, "time for traffic problems in ft. lee." >> a high ranking former al qaeda spokesman, sulaiman abu ghaith, will go on trial today. critics have argued the trial should be held in a military court. >> and good morning, my friends, you look amazing given the long night. >> oh, what long night? it's just an early morning, that's all it is. let's take a look at the oscar edition of what's trending. the searing period drama "12 years a slave" won best picture, making it the first movie from a black director to win the academy's highest honor. after dominating the award season, matthew mcconaughey won the best actor award for his riveting performance in "dallas buyers include," cate blanchett earned top honors for her role in "blue jasmine.

. responding officers shot and killed the suspect. >> new jerseygovernorchrischristietryingto shift focus from bridgegate. he will hold will the townhall today. a report last month blamed the state for miss handling thousands of dollars of recovery money requests. this as attorneys for the former campaign manager say he is now being investigated by federal agents for any role he may have had for the shutdown of lanes on the garage washington bridge. >>> we'll keep dipping back to ukraine. but we do also have to follow what's going on here with the extreme cold grip strange link the northeast this morning. these records date back to the 1800s. take a look at the map. how bad can it get? indra petersons knows it all. indra? >> it's actually march now. we're still talking about the jet stream doing all the way doing even into the southeast. this morning, indianapolis, still single digits. burlington without a windchill looking at subzero temperatures. we're talking about temperatures currently below freezing. we have already broke records. we continue to see these record-breaking morning low

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for president in 2016? jeb bush and ran paul, and they are less excitedaboutchrischristie, andmore republicans would rather see him not run. >> and democrats want former secretary of state hillary clinton on the balancelot, and they were divided about joe biden. he was asked about his plans on "the view." >> when it comes to a family decision, and my wife is supportive -- >> but you have not said no. >> no i absolutely had not said no. i truly have not made up my mind. the good news is everything i think i would have to do to be a viable candidate is the same thing i should be doing to be the best vice president i could possibly be. >> notice he said my wife is supportive. and he said clinton's entry into the race will not affect his decision. >> last night in honoring black history month, he joked he could beat obama in a game of basketball. >> i may be a white boy, but i can jump. >> he may be a white boy but he can jump. in context, i get it. we all remember the movie, "white men can't jump." >> i would like to see that one-on-one. >>> wichita state doesn't n

cordes. >>> new 911 tapes release the nightmare of the traffic jam last acceptwhenchrischristie's aidescaused the bridge to stop. they show just how danchts the situation became. >>> 911, what's your emergency? >> 911, 911, over here. >> where is here. >> the 1911. do. >> do you know what it is? >> they're setting a new pattern in washington. >> you ee aware the tourch is a total grip log, reese. >> it it therered a scandal that threatened his career. >>> kerry kennedy is the daughter of the late robert kennedy. she was arrested in 2012 after she sideswiped a truck with her suv. police later found her on a local road passed out at the wheel. she took the generic version of the sleep prescription ambien. the lawyers said it was her name that led to her prosecution. kennedy admits she was able to afford a high-priced defense team. >> i real did have a great, grarkt great lawyers. most people don't have access to that. and we need to take a hard look at our criminal justice system in the i state to make sure that it really is just. >> in the statement the di

dead. >>>governorchrischristiespeakingout on bridgegate. he says he will not give into the hysteria of the story. he also called it a distraction and said it won't prevent him from doing his job. >>> a dramatic rescue in new york. two young people allegedly in prison and forced to work as prostitutes. police arresting 35-year-old andy at this long island home. the 15-year-old described as a run away and a 21-year-old who police say was held captive over a year. he pled not guilty to charges. >>> let's return to the top story. a siege on a government building in ukraine escalating the conflict there this morning. that's on top of russia's military doing dprils along the dor ber. let's bring in the chief national security responsibility gym sciutto. the plan was supposed to be for the u.s. to tell russia stay away. >> the u.s. officials said for russia to intervene would be a grave mistake. we talked to pentagon officials. their read is that this is largely for a russian domestic audience, a show of strength. they don't believe russia's going to make a move and bring

effect does this have on the probe into membersofchrischristie's administration.>>> a frantic rescue caught on tape after an avalanche roars through a neighborhood. why is one person calling it incredible anyone came out alive. >>> and wasted. the shocking numbers behind a new study on how much food americans throw away.

. >> is it wide open, is that different than it wasbefore?chrischristie, wheredoes he rank among the people who have thrown their hat in the ring potentially? >> becky, i think he's still very much in the game. he won with 65% of the vote in new jersey, democrat state. i think he did it through the way you're going to win a general election at the national level, which is reaching out to groups that maybe aren't traditionally republican, getting independent voters to understand republicans have a better message on how to create jobs and get this economy moving. i think he's still going to be a player. >> great. senator, thanks. we appreciate it. >> thanks, guys. >> safe travels tomorrow. >> take care, joe. >> spring training, joe, first reds game was yesterday. they won. >> oh, good. i'm still getting over last year, the pirates. god almighty. >> starting strong. >>> when we return, tom friedman will join us. we'll talk politics, the economy, ukraine and much, much more. that will take to us the data points of the morning, durable goods and jobless claims will be our focus or investors. thi

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